MAN WILL STAND TRIAL IN GOODYEAR BLIMP ATTACK

A man accused of steering his radio-controlled model airplane in a kamikaze-style dive that punched a hole in a Goodyear blimp has been ordered to stand trial. The blimp Columbia was carrying six passengers when it sustained the damage on Sept. 30. Compton Municipal Judge Morris Jones ordered John William Moyer, 28, to trial on charges of assault with intent to commit great bodily injury, vandalism and damage to an aircraft. Jones scheduled the trial for Dec. 20. Prosecutors say Moyer's plane ripped a hole one-foot square in Columbia's fabric skin, allowing non-flammable helium gas to leak out. Moyer claims he lost control of the plane.